Institutions Are Already in Prediction Markets – As Data Consumers, Not Traders
The framing around institutional prediction markets assumes a gap that needs bridging: the markets exist, institutions are circling, and what stands between them is a stretch of missing infrastructure – clearing, margin, prime brokerage and surveillance. Build the scaffolding, the assumption runs, and the institutions follow. A panel at A-Team Group’s recent TradingTech Summit New...
Date: 8 July 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Data is the fuel that keeps modern financial institutions’ motors running but if that data can’t be trusted then the decisions made based upon it, or the uses to which its put, will be compromised. That’s especially important for…
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied…
In a first-of-its-kind publication, the FCA’s Emerging Tech & Research team has published Emerging Technology Horizon Scan 2026, setting out how emerging technologies could combine to reshape financial services, market infrastructure and the control environment that supports trust in UK markets. The report is designed to foster debate and encourage collaboration across the financial services...
Trading Technologies has announced that it will support client execution on Kalshi, the largest US federally regulated prediction market, with trading expected to go live on the TT platform in the third quarter. It is the first regulated prediction market TT has connected to, and the firm frames it as the first of several regulated...
The framing around institutional prediction markets assumes a gap that needs bridging: the markets exist, institutions are circling, and what stands between them is a stretch of missing infrastructure – clearing, margin, prime brokerage and surveillance. Build the scaffolding, the assumption runs, and the institutions follow. A panel at A-Team Group’s recent TradingTech Summit New...
Artificial intelligence agents are not only changing the way organisations deploy new technology, they are also throwing new challenges to data managers as the autonomous structures place new demands on their infrastructure. It’s not enough that AI needs good-quality data to generate and perform the most accurate and safest outputs; agents are also prompting a...
Following the momentum and buzz surrounding prediction markets during the 2024 US elections, event-based trading has rapidly emerged as one of the most dynamic growth areas in capital markets. What was once considered a niche segment has evolved into a global opportunity, attracting established exchanges, everyday participants, fintech innovators, and entrepreneurs seeking to launch new...
In an era of escalating regulatory pressure, financial institutions can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to transform compliance from a cost burden into a strategic competitive advantage. These technologies, applied to sophisticated monitoring systems, generate structured, high-quality data at scale, converting what was once a static compliance archive into a source...
The buy-side trading desk of the future is asset-agnostic and AI-augmented. The defining characteristic is an architecture where clean, joined-up workflows across all products allow an agentic overlay to function reliably. For investment firms, the priority is to establish these common foundational layers now; firms that remain trapped in siloed, asset-specific stacks will find that...
Oracle provider Chainlink’s Project Pangea has assembled 50+ banks across 16 countries to bring DLT-powered real-time atomic settlement to the $9.6 trillion per day foreign exchange market. The project’s bank partners include members of three European and Korean consortia, while the technology base comprises Chainlink’s CCIP (Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol), Swift’s ISO 20022 messaging service and…
State Street Investment Management has launched the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund, a regulated money market fund designed to support stablecoin issuers. The fund, which complies with the recently introduced GENIUS Act, offers a regulated reserve option for stablecoin issuers. State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital are the first investors in the fund….
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued the first DLT-native, Euro-denominated commercial paper on Clearstream’s D7 DLT platform. The EUR 77.5 million issuance was made in compliance with Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) and involved Citi as sole dealer and issuing/paying agent, as well as BIL, DekaBank, DZ BANK, Eurex Clearing, Union Investment and…
Shield has added two AI agents to AmplifAI, its agentic suite for digital communications surveillance and investigations, extending the platform’s focus from detection and investigation into alert resolution and language coverage. The new Alert Closure Agent is designed to assess flagged communications using message content, risk language and conversation context, and to close alerts where…
Trading Technologies International (TT) has upgraded its TT Trade Surveillance platform, introducing a Market Replay tool and an enhanced enterprise case management user interface. The update improves the workflow, speed and scope of compliance investigations across equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, futures and options. Live demonstrations of the system will begin tomorrow at the…
Plus500, the global multi-asset fintech group, has expanded its product suite in the US by launching CFTC-regulated sports event-based financial contracts. Enabled by the group’s proprietary technology, these contracts allow retail customers to trade on sporting outcomes using prediction markets. The offering combines Plus500’s institutional-grade execution, clearing, and risk management infrastructure with an intuitive user…
Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, has announced it will provide immediate connectivity to the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) from its launch day. This addition allows Waypoint clients to access the new platform alongside other exchanges and alternative trading systems, including all 22 US equities venues and overnight markets. Headquartered in Dallas, TXSE is a…
Avelacom has completed a series of network optimisations from the Shanghai Tonglian Data Centre, to improve connectivity between Shanghai and major global financial hubs, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and Chicago. The newly optimised routes deliver round-trip delays of under 16.5 milliseconds to Hong Kong, less than 50 milliseconds to Singapore, and under 24 milliseconds…
Global fintech provider GTN has signed an agreement with Koscom, the IT infrastructure provider for Korea’s capital markets, to develop a ‘Global Order Hub’. Signed on 16 June in Seoul, the partnership creates a next-generation order-routing infrastructure, offering Korean securities firms a single gateway to international markets. Under the deal, GTN will act as a…
Mackenzie Investments, a Canadian investment firm managing approximately $265 billion in assets, has adopted Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Class Factor Model (MAC3). The implementation aims to strengthen the firm’s portfolio risk forecasting, factor exposure analysis, and fixed-income portfolio construction. MAC3 provides a unified view of factor exposures across equities, fixed income, commodities, and alternatives. By adopting MAC3,…
NeoXam has launched NeoXam Agents, an agentic artificial intelligence platform for building and supervising artificial intelligence agents, a set of specialised agents in preview and an early-adopter programme launching in the third quarter. The innovation attaches digital agents directly to the company’s existing products across the back and middle offices of investment firms to utilise…
Finbourne Technology has been chosen as the strategic fund administration platform for Summit Group, a provider of fiduciary, fund and advisory services. The enterprise data management platform will consolidate instrument, pricing, holdings and transaction data from various market data providers, custodians and counterparties. This choice follows an evaluation process intended to upgrade the infrastructure across…
Sumsub has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration and a suite of AI agent skills designed to let compliance teams use large language model-based agents to configure and manage verification workflows. The new capability allows teams to upload anti-money laundering (AML) policies or regulatory requirements to AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or other…
New York-based AIQ Markets has partnered with electronic trading platform MarketAxess to develop AIQ Insight, an AI-native tool specifically designed to help fixed-income traders and portfolio managers analyse U.S. corporate bond market data and analytics more efficiently. The platform allows users to search bond data, evaluate relative value, and build portfolios using natural language queries….
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) has entered into an agreement with ICE Data Services, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), to integrate ICE’s foundational evaluated prices and reference data into its new buy-side Fixed Income execution management system (EMS). As part of the partnership, TT will also offer its clients access to ICE’s Continuously Evaluated…
Broadridge Financial Solutions has recruited Mark Nichols to be Co-President of its Digital Assets business unit. Nichols, who joints from EY where he was a Partner, will lead Broadridge’s strategy, product development, and execution in the tokenisation and digital asset arena. He will work alongside Co-President German Soto, who adds the Co-President title to his Chief Product Officer role….
The Ethereum Foundation is cutting approximately 20% of its staff in a reorganisation that will reduce its operating budget by 40% and slow a drain on its treasury funds. The resulting organization will focus on enterprise engagement, financial infrastructure and policy coordination, as well as continuing work on censorship resistance and self-sovereign architecture. Meanwhile, five…
Client lifecycle management specialist Fenergo has appointed Lekshmi Nair as chief revenue officer to lead the global go-to-market organisation and commercial operations. Nair previously worked at Finastra, formerly Misys, where she held roles in software development, delivery, platform sales and enterprise leadership before serving as global chief revenue officer for lending. Based in London, Nair…
Stablecoin Standard has appointed Dr Lisa Cameron to support its government relations and policy engagement across the United Kingdom and United States. In her new role, she will focus on convening global policymakers and members through a series of dedicated initiatives, including roundtables, networking dinners, and international trade missions. Dr Cameron brings extensive legislative and…
Genesis Global has announced five senior leadership promotions to support increasing client demand for efficient, compliant software delivery in capital markets. The appointments are strategically positioned to help financial institutions integrate artificial intelligence into their development processes. By combining AI capabilities with a library of established capital markets workflows and components, the Genesis platform ensures…
Capital markets data and analytics provider BMLL has appointed Michael Chiappinelli as Chief Revenue Officer. Based in the United States, Chiappinelli will lead the company’s international commercial strategy and global sales function, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Paul Humphrey as part of the executive management team. His appointment follows the company’s acquisition by Nordic…
Eventus, provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced two major additions to its leadership team. Eric Litz has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Sarah-Jane McColl joins as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Both executives report directly to CEO Cameron Routh as part of the company’s focus on enhancing client compliance…
End-to-end regulatory operating system FinregE has appointed Paul Lyon as chief marketing and communications officer, creating a new executive role as the company looks to sharpen its market positioning during a period of growth. Based in London, Lyon will report to Rohini Gupta, chief executive officer, and lead FinregE’s communications, analyst relations, brand, marketing and…
Corlytics has appointed Lisa Miles-Heal as chief executive officer, effective June, as the Verdane-backed regulatory intelligence firm prepares for its next phase of international growth. Miles-Heal brings nearly two decades of executive experience in technology-led businesses. Most recently, she oversaw the transition of accounting compliance company Silverfin from a founder-led business into a Visma group…
Galytix, an AI firm for financial institutions, has hired former Quantexa leader Roshni Patel as chief growth officer, charged with accelerating global expansion. Patel previously worked at Quantexa as global head of risk solutions, following more than 20 years at KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group and Moody’s Analytics. As chief growth officer, he will manage global…
Kalshi has appointed Sudhir Jain as chief compliance officer and head of regulatory affairs, adding derivatives-market supervisory experience as the prediction-market operator expands its institutional ambitions and faces a more contested regulatory environment. Jain joins from Patomak Global Partners, where he worked on derivatives, compliance and risk-management advisory matters after five years at the National…
Muinmos has appointed financial services entrepreneur Paul Ford as an investor and advisor to the Board, adding operational risk, RegTech and scaling experience as the firm looks to build out its AI-led compliance capabilities. Ford brings more than 25 years’ financial services and operational experience. He was Founder and CEO of Acin, the London-based RegTech…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued the State of Wisconsin after the state brought civil actions against Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood and Coinbase over prediction market activity. The action, filed on 28 April 2026, extends a widening federal-state dispute over the regulatory treatment of event contracts. The CFTC argues that Congress gave the…
FIS is working with Anthropic to bring agentic AI into banking operations, starting with a Financial Crimes AI Agent designed to support anti-money laundering investigations. The agent is intended to assemble evidence from bank systems, evaluate activity against known typologies and surface higher-risk cases for investigator review, with BMO and Amalgamated Bank among the first…
Eventus has appointed Cameron Routh as chief executive officer, placing a financial technology executive with more than two decades of experience in software and data businesses at the head of the trade surveillance and financial risk technology provider. Routh succeeds founder Travis Schwab, who has led Eventus for 11 years and overseen the development of…
Congratulations go out to this year’s RegTech Insight Awards Europe 2026 winners. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
Meet the winners of the 8th annual TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
Thank you to everyone who voted in the Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC 2026. We are currently analysing the results and we look forward to announcing the winners on 2nd July 2026.
